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Informationen zum Autor Pedro Pietri: Nuyorican poet and playwright Pedro Pietri was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1944, and raised in Manhattan. In the early 1970s, he co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe with Miguel Pinera, Miguel Algarin, and others. He died of stomach cancer in 2004. Juan Flores: Juan Flores is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and director of Latino Studies at New York University. He is the recipient of the Casa de las Americas Prize and the Smithsonian Institution Latino Legacy Award. His books include: From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity published by Columbia University Press. Pedro Lopez Adorno: Pedro Lopez Adorno, born, Puerto Rico, 1954. Author of 13 books. He has been a professor in the Department of Africana and Puetro Rican/Latino Studies of Hunter College since 1987. Klappentext Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry is a compelling and humorous collection of poems by the poet laureate of the Nuyorican Poets. Zusammenfassung Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry is a compelling and humorous collection of poems by the poet laureate of the Nuyorican Poets. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Puerto Rican ObituaryPuerto Rican ObituaryThe Broken English DreamBeware of SignsSuicide Note from a Cockroach in a Low Income Housing ProjectTata2. Traffic ViolationsJanuary HangoverMarch HangoverMay HangoverOctober HangoverDecember HangoverTraffic ViolationsIntermission from MondayIntermission from WednesdayIntermission from Thursday1 A.M. Never Again1st Untitled Poem5th Untitled Poem8th Untitled Poem10th Untitled Poem13th Untitled PoemConversation in a Darker RoomApril 15th Unitil Further NoticeManual Typewriter RevisitedIn Praise of a Total StrangerTraffic MisdirectorDriving Without a CarNo Parkingat Any TimeI Hate TreesTo Get Drunk You Have to Drink3. Out of Ordertelephone booth numero zerotelephone booth number 801telephone booth number 905 1/2telephone booth number 339 1/2telephone booth number 678telephone booth number 12345telephone booth number 65476telephone booth number 26421483telephone booth number 8976telephone booth number 48telephone booth number 9879telephone booth number 48telephone booth number 9879telephone booth number 67409telephone booth number 1359telephone booth number 35465telephone booth number 83 1/2telephone booth number 1533130telephone booth number 143503001telephone booth number 7783telephone booth number 309telephone booth number 500telephone booth number 484telephone booth number 579 1/2telephone booth number 436telephone booth number 23telephone booth number 765290telephone booth number 365807telephone booth number 203 1/2telephone booth number 276507telephone booth number maybe 58telephone booth number 658003telephone booth number 766 1/2telephone booth number 0854650telephone booth number 568telephone booth number 5401658 1/4telephone booth number 659telephone booth number 8986987telephone booth number 654875telephone booth number 0574 1/2telephone booth number 92345telephone booth number 797301telephone booth number 158715telephone booth number 0671telephone booth number 75753telephone booth number 1599 or 1959telephone booth number ??????????telephone booth number HIJtelephone booth number 109 minus 19telephone booth number 000001telephone booth number 616telephone book number 8986586telephone booth number 957telephone booth number 14. El Party ContinuesOrchard BeachThe Party Continues5. Love Poems to My Surrealist GypsyHer Simplicity is Her MysteryPuerto Rican History BluesOde to Witch Liberty6. Loose PoemsLetter from a Vietnam VetThe Lady ThinksYes--I swear to the statue of my liberty...After the 7th DrinkAfter the 9th DrinkAfter the 11th DrinkConfessions of a Transistor RadioWhat Was the Dream About?El Spanglish National AnthemThe Puerto Rican Embassy ManifestoOde to a GrasshopperNighttime Sunshine Mind GameFree Grass for he Working ClassLost in the Museum of Natural History ...
